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Quantum phase transitions in photonic cavities with two-level systems

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v3

Abstract

Systems of coupled photonic cavities have been predicted to exhibit quantum phase transitions by analogy with the Hubbard model. To this end, we have studied topologies of few (up to six) photonic cavities each containing a single two-level system. Quantum phase space diagrams are produced for these systems, and compared to mean-field results. We also consider finite effective temperature, and compare this to the notion of disorder. We find the extent of the Mott lobes shrink analogously to the conventional Bose-Hubbard model.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5748,
  title  = {Quantum phase transitions in photonic cavities with two-level systems},
  author = {M. I. Makin and Jared H. Cole and Charles Tahan and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg and Andrew D. Greentree},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5748},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, 11 figures, updated typos

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